bob gurch's definitions

÷

Division sign, denotes the operation of division, one of the four basic mathematical operations. You can't divide by 0 (on pain of death.)

Division Sums:

8 ÷ 2 = 4
9 ÷ 3 = 3
1 ÷ 1 = 1

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

®

Symbol denoting a registered trademark. Can be written (R) if you are using a crap font that doesn't have ® in it.

Person 1: "Microsoft® Windows® XP is a registered trademark of Microsoft® Corporation."

Person 2: "Who are you, Bill Gates or something? Shut up."

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

—

It's a horizontal line. Longer than -, but not quite as long as ——.

Person 1: "Look, I've made a —."
Person 2: "So what, look at my ————."

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

raat

A word used by Doyce, especially in his favourite phrase:

"'Raatt' then, it's a level thrye"

by Bob Gurch August 26, 2004

Gah!

See under Gah.

Gah! I've come to the wrong page!

by Bob Gurch May 25, 2004

ÿ

It's the letter Y, with two dots on top. I imagine that ÿ is pronounced differently from y, but if so, I don't know what the difference actually is.

Person 1: "Look, that ÿ has two dots on it!"
Person 2: "Must be a misprint."

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

Pons

1. Brand of German dictionary

2. Synonym for 'crap'

1. Give me the Pons...

2. Well, that's just Pons, isn't it?

by Bob Gurch May 25, 2004